Haiti Earthquake

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I'm surprised there wasn't a thread already. With all this prolific posting I'd say some actual news would be good.

So, yeah, how many are keeping tabs on this? I have a family friend who's either in Haiti or Miami right now, but she definitely has family there... ugh.

Everyone keep praying for relief organizations to get in and get the medical response that the people need, and for there to be little roadblocks to the rebuilding process. :(
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Wow, I'm sure it's stressful to know somebody who might be in Haiti right now! A few people from my church (that I don't really know) actually arrived in Haiti only hours before the earthquake to do some missions work at an orphanage, though apparently they weren't near the area with serious damage, which we are definitely thanking God for! It is an awful situation for the people there. Thanks for the reminder to pray, Sarai. :)
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We felt the earthquake here in Cuba (and some of the aftershock)... it rattled our whole house and shook me in my chair. Pretty freaky. They might be putting together a team to send to Haiti in order to help the people (the country's pretty devastated right now... no firefighters, policemen, medical workers, etc..). I actually might get a chance to do some Red Cross on this end. Word has it that we might be housing a couple thousand of Haitians over here.
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I don't think I know anybody who was there, but I know a lot of people who have connections to Haiti, some who even lived there for a while.. I also know of a team of some sort (mission trip or something) that touched down about an hour before the quake. Some welcome, eh? ;)
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A pastor from a church in Trenton NJ got there the day of the earthquake...we haven't heard from him or the people with him....his wife is going crazy...please pray...
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MITCHnTRENT wrote:A pastor from a church in Trenton NJ got there the day of the earthquake...we haven't heard from him or the people with him....his wife is going crazy...please pray...
I'll be praying. This earthquake was the saddest thing that has happened in a while. I have heard that there could be 100,00 people dead.
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Yes, I was just on MSN reading more info...
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I often have a hard time having compassion on people, e.g. the Haitians, with whom I have no connection, but good thing God is the source of compassion; He is love! Indeed, I pray for healing, salvation, and hope for all those affected by the 7.0 quake. I bless the Haitians in the name of the Lord!

(Btw, the BLESSING is powerful. I once heard a revolutionary teaching about the power of the blessing. When Sarai was barren, God didn't say, "I will heal her." He said, "I will BLESS her." Wow!)
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A family in my church lose two cousins, a grandmother, and an uncle. Please pray for them.
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One of my buddies was there at the time of the quake, but he got a flight home since then... and my former youth pastor runs an orphanage there, they are without power and not able to go indoors because of structural damage, but everyone is okay.
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Just for anyboydy who wants to know, that pastor made it back home safely. I don't know the details, but they're back at home.
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I know a woman with an entire family in Haiti. Her nephew has been missing since Tuesday afternoon, coming home from school. How scary! I just cannot imagine. We contributed $75 to Samaritan's Purse. Hopefully they can do something with that.
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There's a school called Mt. Sentinel about 40 minutes from where I live, and they had a group of 17 high schoolers on a field trip there. They had only been in Haiti for 45 minutes when the earthquake hit!! They were all okay, except for one chaperone who got a broken rib. They're back now, and my school band is playing in a concert tomorrow night for them, as well as Red Cross and the Governor General of Canada.
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My pediatrician runs a medical foundation in Haiti, Forward In Health; after it happened, he was asked to go there to help with the healing. He left last Tuesday with a team and just got back the other day. He took all these pictures and wrote this blog about it...it's pretty neat.

He wrote about this boy whose arm was dislocated the day of the quake, and no one took care of it for days, so it set back in the weird position. He had to get surgery, so they sent him to a large field hospital where a pro-surgeon had set up camp. As far as I know, they were able to fix his arm :D

Then there was this woman who was pregant and the baby was breeched...this other doctor who my mother goes to (He was also down there) was able to save the mother, but mine couldn't revive the little baby....:(. He's a epic doctor, to be sure.
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